Hunting For Chaga What is Chaga & Sustainable Foraging & Harvest of Chaga Mushroom For Medicinal Tea
Vložit
- čas přidán 13. 01. 2019
- Come along on a chaga musrhroom foraging adventure in northern Ontario. What is that weird black stuff that grows on Birch Trees? It just so happens that the weird black thing growing on your Birch tree is a valuable mushroom used to make chaga tea. We have a tremendous amount of Chaga mushroom/fungus growing in the forest on our property. This short video shows you how to find and identify this medicinally useful fungus which grows on Birch Trees in northern climates.
It's important to harvest the fungus in a fashion that allows the chaga mushroom to regrow for future harvests. Harvesting too much can kill not only the chaga mushroom, but also the tree in extreme cases.
Inonotus obliquus, commonly known as Chaga mushroom is a parasitic fungus that grows on living birch trees. The fungus relies on nutrient uptake through the tree in order to grow. When the birch tree dies, so does the fungus.
Chaga is traditionally grated into a fine powder and used to brew a beverage resembling coffee or tea.
Chaga has many potential health benefits including but not limited to:
•Nutrient-dense superfood
•Slowing the aging process
•Lowering cholesterol
•Preventing and fighting cancer
•Lowering blood pressure
•Supporting the immune system
•Fighting inflammation
•Lowering blood sugar
Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly/2WNHcXA
Apparel & Swag: bit.ly/2TvQm92
Our Amazon Wish List: a.co/fUb6bD2
Dave's Rabbit Hat: amzn.to/2MPbRyS
Dave's Pook Toque: bit.ly/2WLbees
Caddis' Muttluks (boots): amzn.to/2BlUb9u
Our Amazon Wish List: a.co/fUb6bD2
Website: www.dansbois.ca
Facebook: / dansboismb
Instagram: / dansbois
Pinterest: www.pinterest.ca/dansbois/
Email: dnabc27@gmail.com
*affiliate links included
Fascinating.
I've seen those areas on Birch trees before & just assumed it was sap from the tree.
I'll have to start looking closer. Thank you!
Great drone opening, too!
The fungus definitely doesn't look too pretty, and one would just pass it by if they didn't know what it was. Get out for a hunt, you'll likely find some!
I used to see this all the time as a kid, never considered I could drink it lol. But it shouldn't surprise me, my dad used to chew the spruce gum, and I have as well.
grows in abundance great video
You two have the most awesome things to teach us. I for one learned something new from this! Thanks for the info on Chaga. Hope you folks have a great week!
I wish we could send you folks some to try! Not sure if it would get stopped at the border though. I'll look into it to find out!
Thanks for the offer but don't waste the time or money buddy. Getting things across the boarder is such a pain plus the shipping cost is so unreal.
Wonderful information ! Never heard of this !
Wow, that large tree birch tree was incredible! Great informative video, thank you for educating us on how to harvest :)
Nice drone shots!
We have a few of those huge birch trees here. They are something else to look at, that's for sure! The drone is fun to fiddle with!
Great content and video footage here guys! Awesome info!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! It's a wonderful way to get outside in the middle of winter to get some fresh air and hike around in a winter wonderland!
well done =)
Chaga!!
Great video! Learning new stuff makes me happy! Thank you !!! :)
Awesome! Glad you learned something new!
I think it's a symbiotic relationship with birch and chaga helps keep the wounded tree alive, imo
Chaga is a super liquid! Tks for vid
Could be
Very cool! After you mentioned this video was coming I started looking for it on my own birches
Keep your eyes peeled. Should be able to find some in your neck of the woods Dave!
Great video Guys!! I want some Chaga Tea!!! Love the medicinal properties!!!
We can send you some Chaga if you like, Kim. Just let us know!
Great video. We’re looking forward to the next video. Looks like you guys have harvested a nice supply. The drone footage looks great and love the side panning you did with Amanda walking through the woods. Man, we had Chaga on two trees in our backyard at our old house but didn’t know about Chaga yet. Doh!
That's too bad! I bet if you get out and have a look around your place now, you'll find some if you find some birch trees! The drone is super fun to play with!
Good info! Now I need to teach the kids to look for this when we hike!
Especially if they like to climb trees!! So many that we find are out of reach for us. We just don't have the tree climbing abilities we had when we were younger!
I knew nothing about chaga, so cool information. Holy cow that drone footage is amazing, great image and stable...
Now you know! We'll have the prep/processing and tea video out soon.
I never knew about Chaga and we have tons of birch trees on our property. I have to go hunting for Chaga now!.
Well now you know! Once you find it, you'll start seeing it everywhere!
I have never even heard of Chaga mushrooms, but I love walking in the forest and looking at them. I am by no means a mushroom expert so no harvesting for me but this is really cool.
Chaga is one of those mushrooms that is unmistakeable. No other fungus grows on birch that looks like Chaga. We love a good hike and looking for mushrooms too!
Sweet guys, way to work that new drone into the shot...nice and subtle touch, well done! WE were just talking about chaga a few weeks ago...cool episode.
The drone has been fun to play with for sure! I like how it adds a new dimension to the video. So much chaga here on the property, it's unbelievable!
Very interesting video, I have never heard of it.
It's pretty tasty, and it gets us outside to hike around in the frozen, snowy winter months here!
Have to try and find some next time in the woods.
Try it out if you find some and let us know what you think!
Did the hammer-chizel method today....worked wonders! Very informative video...thanks :-)
Nice normingo. Enjoy your tea!
Cool stuff! I've never heard of that before it's so interesting find out about wild mushrooms they scare me a bit but I'd like to get more into mushrooms
We will have some more wild mushroom videos coming out very soon!
So looking forward to living where we can forage for chaga.
It's just one other little bonus of living in the north! Cheers guys!
Thank you for that, I love the vid and all the info!! You have a goldmine out there:))
If you ever want some, please feel free to let us know!! As you said, GOLDMINE of Chaga!! And I am not joking about letting us know Ryan. This stuff can be expensive. It is free for the right people though ;)
Would be interested in purchasing some if possible. Ive looked around my area a little but due to my job picking up pace havent had much of an oppurtunity. Would love to support a local economy even if its not local to me lol
Great video. I think we'll do a chaga hunt of our own.
Let us know if you need any help buddy! And if you have trouble finding any chaga, we can send some over your way!
Don't say you have a tremendous amount of chaga on your land unless you are extremely remote, or you're sure to be visited by chaga poachers. You can harvest all of it when you find it. The fungus lives deep in the wood and the part you harvest is only the visible conk and what you leave will just rot. It will grow back from the mycelium growing down deep in the birch wood. But don't harvest it once the tree dies. After the tree dies is the only time I. obliquus will make spores and reproduce so it's important to leave what emerges when the chaga finally kills the tree.
Any 'Chaga poachers' that show up here will be greeted by a very angry dog. And they'll likely also be caught on camera.
what do you think about the oxalate content in chaga?
Amanda height... lol I would say my birches trees are too young.. All that I have heard and read on chaga mushroom also. Thanks for sharing. :)
It does indeed take a few years to grow. I would say the smallest trees we have found it on here are about 10-12 inches in diameter. Most are much larger though.
@@Wilderstead That makes sense to me an older tree possibly more likely to also have some sort of damage for the mushroom to get started. I had read or was told in a group setting I forget which now. The chaga mushroom spores invade the tree and cause it to die. Instead what you said and what I thought at the time was that the tree had to be damaged/wounded prior which opened it up to invaders aka mushroom spores, etc. I might have to go look at some state land and see what I find. I forget when, but there was a big fire that through here possibly 100 years ago now and the land had been grazed for many years afterwards. We have some pretty sizable oak trees here, but that is the only tree that appears to have some age on it. Thanks for sharing your experiences.:)
Where I've been chaga hunting they're on old growth yellow birch. No logging so the only damage is 30- 50 feet up in many cases. I have a 20 foot pole saw I use. If I can't reach it with that I leave em be. I only use a hachet when it's an "inny" and then I batton the hachet with a hunk of wood. I just watched a video of a guy climbing with gaff spikes. Not cool. They say chaga kills the tree. Probably , maybe it does. Trees die. Usually the tree with chaga looks fine. It seems to be capping the wound many times. I know the science trolls will be all over this with there IMAO's. Parasite they'll say. Kills the tree they'll say. This young lady needs a proper saw too. Great video
Chaga!!! Great information on the chaga mushroom. I learned some things. I can't wait to see more.👍
More to come guys! Processing and Preparation next!
*Chaga chaga chaga!!!!!*
I am missing birch in my area
what about using chisel and hammer ??
Good for innies. I pound in hachets sometimes to clean out cavities.
I do not think that you have to wait till winter to harvest it, do you?
No
I don't believe so either. I start harvesting in December because 1. Hunting season is over and it's safe for me and my dog. 2. It's easier to see , much easier. 3. I have more free time. 4. Chaga is heavy and in winter ( usually) there is snow cover so I can use a sled. A fifty pound pack of chaga may not sound like a lot but believe me , it is. And that's an average day. I'll usually gps nice ones and start my trip nearby and pick up the gps ones on the way back.
@@timothylongmore7325 50 Lbs a day? Wow. Where do you harvest it? In Northern Ontario too?
@@Alien2799 Same latitude more or less. Northern NY , just a little east of the Adirondack park. Lots of big yellow birch. Very low impact by me to the area I harvest and I'll collect 3-4 hundred pounds a season. I've only seen evidence of a few chaga harvested and that was on the edge of a seasonal road. Fifty is an average day. I harvested one growth ( on my way home) that was 52 lb. by itself! I didn't weigh what I already had but was probably 75 lbs. or so. I'm no spring chicken either ,lol. Helps to suppliment my income. I do reishi and edibles in the warmer weather and gps any chaga I see. My book has hundreds noted that were to small or to high.